The Brigitte Bardot Story

Belmont Books, 1961-01-01. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine/in photo-illustrated wraps. Softcover, First Edition 1961 Belmont Books (L504) 157 pages. Near Fine, in photo-illustrated wraps. Just a hint of shelf/edge wear to covers. All pages are clean with just a hint of age-toning to edges - binding tight, spine uncreased. Looks unread. With 44 B&W photographs. Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot born 28 September 1934) is a French actress, singer and fashion model, who later became an animal rights activist. She was one of the best known sex symbols of the 1950s and 1960s and was widely referred to by her initials, B.B. She started her acting career in 1952 and after appearing in 16 routine comedy films, with limited international release, became world-famous in 1957, with the controversial film And God Created Woman. Bardot caught the attention of French intellectuals. She was the subject of Simone de Beauvoir's 1959 essay,The Lolita Syndrome, which described Bardot as a "locomotive of women's history" and built upon existentialist themes to declare her the first and most liberated woman of post-war France. Bardot retired from the entertainment industry in 1973. During her career in show business, she starred in 47 films, performed in several musical shows and recorded over 60 songs. After her retirement, she established herself as an animal rights activist. During the 2000s, she generated controversy by criticizing immigration and Islam in France and has been fined five times for inciting racial hatred. This is the nicest copy I have seen in 15 years. LOC SSS-32